USA: California: Los Angeles LAX

This Airport is a
2007 Poopy Airport

LOS ANGELES (LAX), California

"It's a shame that many visitors from the pacific flying into LAX get their first impression of America and Americans at this dump." (DonP)
"forget about Guntanamo Bay - just send the prisoners here for some torture tactics"  (?)
"Those floor cleaners sound like "jet engines"!!!(?)
"I passed through LAX this month and never had seen security force travelers get up off the floor before. " (Disgruntled)
"I couldn't relieve myself in the terminal bathroom because the stench was so horrible" (Disgruntled)
"1 AM a security guard woke me and told me I had to leave because the 'airport was closed'!" (Savvy)
"Africa, Asia, South America... I've not been through a single airport in any of these developing countries with an airport as putrid as LAX. " (Kirby)
"There are tonnes of food options at LAX, from deep fried lard, to sugar coated deep fried lard, to congealed microwaved fat dipped in oil... and of course some liquid sugar if you're thirsty. " (Kirby)
"It wasn't too bad, except I was the ONLY person there. An American Airlines employee offered me a pillow and blanket" (Robbie)
"LAX is a revolting airport. The amenities are rubbish and thanks to the warnings from your site I organised to visit the Qantas Club which is a haven in an otherwise horrible experience." (Ron)
"About 6am we were woke up by a security guard that told us we should gather our things together so someone didn't make off with them and that the airport was open for business" (AFtrek)
"LAX is California's greatest embarassment and probably the worst airport in the USA, and that says a lot because the competition for crappiest airport is pretty fierce. " (?)
"there are constant announcements in languages that I think someone just makes up to annoy everyone." (?)
"The Intl Terminal is ALWAYS overcrowded and security and crowd control is second only in severity to the train platforms at Auschwitz." (Jerry)
"we were treated as imbeciles by the USA staff who even yelled at all you "stupid idiots" because the queue at the immigration counter wasn't straight enough." (?)
"No alarm clocks necessary, the kind staff are far too noisy to let anyone dare to try sleeping here." (?)
"I stood up and found that the chair was covered in doo-doo and feces." (?)
"Sleeping at LAX can be an adventure not to be undertaken by the faint at heart, but it can be done." (The Andersons)
"I recommend taking a hit of acid, or your preferred hallucinogen of choice, and go back and forth on the non-escalating escalators." (?)
"You couldn't pay me money to sleep on the floor in the UA terminal....there is a Cinnabon there and with it, Cinnabon trash: sticky boxes, wrappers stuck to the floor, and moldy buns. " (?)

Celebrating airport sleeping since July 11, 1996
Last updated August 02, 2008